I love old hockey highlights as much as anyone; those things are a fucking barrel of monkeys during the summer when there's no hockey being played. But guess what? There are preseason games being played now. Take a page from the NFL Network. Televise some preseason games so maybe some people can get to see some of the new guys and maybe even some of these younger kids play, eh?

Love ya, kid,Stoosh

2. Why can't anyone seem to find good announcers anymore? I'd rather listen to Rick Jeanneret get tanked on Old Granddad and read the phone book than listen to those fucktastic Tampa announcers. On top of that, I'm sitting here watching Monday Night Football and Tony Kornheiser is yammering on and on about how Brett Favre is probably regretting his decision to leave Green Bay because the Jets are getting their asses handed to them and he's not going to get the hero worship in New Yawwwwwwk that he got in Green Bay. Shut the fuck up, Tony.

3. Tumblesberger. Hahhahahahhaha

Hahahahhahhahha!!!

That's awesome. Tumblesberger.

4. I almost felt bad for Ben yesterday, but Stiller Nation needed to be brought down a peg or two (we beat up on the Texans and the Browns in the first two weeks), and there was something almost pathetic/comical about watching the offensive line cough, wheeze and fart through that game yesterday. THAT was the o-line we were all concerned about heading into this season. I'm not sure they could've blocked my two year old nephew yesterday.

5. John Curry = beast. First got a look at Curry last year at camp when he stoned Sid, Malkin and Sykora with the brass of a riverboat gambler on a breakaway drill.

6. I'll say it...I don't like the guy very much just because, but I think Sabu is going to be a decent backup this year. I don't know why. But I also like having Beast John Curry waiting in the wings at Wilkes-Barre.

7. (DISCLAIMER: IHK, I know you love him and please know that this isn't directed at you...this is just a blanket statement.)

Am I the only one who after two preseason games is already tired of hearing about Ryan Malone? He had a great playoff run and was fun to watch last year, but this is also the guy who spent the better part of the previous two seasons building a house on the trading block because he only played when he wanted to play. Good luck, Godspeed, but let's move the hell on.

I missed that. I completely forgot that was on tonight. For some reason, I keep thinking tonight is Sunday night and I don't know why.

Hradek...he might have spent the summer on the Stoosh Diet Plan. What the hell is up with that clown? He was solid when he was on ESPN, then he must have gotten paid to come over to the NHL Network and be their resident douchebag or something.

Hossa/Sykora as my RWs, Phaneuf and Chara on defense and Nabokov in goal? YES PLEASE.

I'm thinking Rolston may be sitting in favor of Prospal...at least, if he's going to play with Lecavaljoke and St. Louis or not. I suspect it'll be Malone in the top LW spot, given what they shelled out for him.

I'm happy with my squad, despite having the 10th pick out of 10 teams...to land Zetterberg & Kovalchuk is otay by me.

I've never played Head 2 Head style...but, judging by the daily Lineup row near the top of the team page, we might be able to change our lineups daily during the scheduled 'matchup week'.

Which would be cool...example: Sykora/Pens are off on a particular day...put Syko on the Bench [BN] & plug Eric Cole into that RW slot [BTW: that's a nice bonus for Cole: he has a LW/RW designation]

Wonder if Cooke didn't play tonite, as the Ning might've tried for some retribution for what he did to Vinny Lecavaligay at the end of last year...[borderline cheapshot/blindside hit on an already injured shoulder that still seems to be bothering Vinny....I liked the hit at the time...now that Cookie is on our side, I LOVED THAT HIT!!!!]

from a 4.3.08 recap:

The Lightning, playing out the string in last place, dropped their third straight overall and fifth in a row on the road. They lost leading scorer Vincent Lecavalier with 13:15 remaining in the game when he hurt his shoulder falling awkwardly after a hit by Washington's Matt Cooke.

Lecavalier will have an MRI on Friday and will miss Saturday's regular-season finale at Atlanta.

"It's an absolute cheap shot," Tampa Bay coach John Tortorella said. "We have stick fouls - stick foul after stick foul - and then I see that. It's a guy in a vulnerable position. It's an interference if the puck isn't anywhere near him, and that isn't called. It's an absolute cheap shot."

I listened to the game at work tonight...it sounded like TK just had a hell of a game overall. It also sounded like the goaltending was definitely solid. Those are positive signs for the season that I was definitely happy to hear. :)

I am, and I have a request for anyone sitting in one of the balconies. Plz, plz make a sign that says "Satan Worshippers," preferably one that will be there for the regular season. I'd do it myself, but I'm right in the middle of D23 and have nowhere to put it.

I went to the game last night with visions of Crosby and Malkin and Staal dancing in my head. After the game I could see why they don't broadcast preseason games. Who the hell were those guys wearing Pens jerseys? Don't get me wrong, I am a fan of the game regardless of who plays. But when Max Talbot is your first line center, you can't help but do a "WTF?!"

Despite the fact that Pittsburgh South put out a significant part of their season roster and we had maybe 6, we still beat them. The Pens seemed to keep the penalties down and moved the puck well. The defence was a little sof but the goaltending stood up well. I will say that Eaton and LeTang made a great defense pairing. LeTang was a beast and was all over the place. Eaton was just solid as usual. (Sporting a new number 7 I see.)

Stamkos for all his hype made no noticable presence on the ice. So to answer the age old question of "Seen Stamkos?" Nope, sure didn't.

@ lady jaye - I thought about that too, but I think it would probably be OK. The Pens organization seems to have something of a sense of humor, and you could always object to having it taken down on religious grounds.

I was wondering what was up with Eaton wearing #7. Maybe it's a joke because he's been the unluckiest man on the planet for the past two seasons.